Are you inferring that the man is walking his pet raccoon over to the meat market? Perhaps they do a better job than he can to dress one out. Perhaps the market will buy it from him. As one report I read from the web, I give this quote:
"Raccoon meat is some of the healthiest meat you can eat," says biologist Jeff Beringer. "During grad school, my roommate and I ate 32 coons one winter. It was all free, and it was really good. If you think about being green and eating organically, raccoon meat is the ultimate organic food," with no steroids, no antibiotics, no growth hormones."
Raccoons might seem like your pet dog--too precious to eat (unless you are Zer0). However, once you have eaten one, it's a treat you can't pass up.
There was/is a video/interview about Detroit. Some old guy is talking about how poor he is. But in the backround you can hear dogs barking in his old house. (And I’m thinking “if you’re so poor why do you have so many dogs!?”) Then he goes out back and starts talking about his dogs. He uses them for raccoon hunting. I think he got $5 per raccoon, and he said Detroit is full of them. He had a freezer full.
Hey - here’s an even better video on the guy than what I saw:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0jz2rc3zr0
Except for that annoying rabies thing, they’re just delightful.
:-P
“Raccoon meat is some of the healthiest meat you can eat,” says biologist Jeff Beringer. “During grad school, my roommate and I ate 32 coons one winter. It was all free, and it was really good. If you think about being green and eating organically, raccoon meat is the ultimate organic food,” with no steroids, no antibiotics, no growth hormones.”
When you eat meat, you’re also eating what the animal ate. Racoons eat garbage.